😂🤣😂🤣 This is the funniest thing that I have heard all day! It has been a long day at work and this is the first time that I have laughed in eight hours!😂🤣 Thank you for this comment🤣
What I do when I HAVE to buy hardwood charcoal...open the bag(s) a little bit, put a tarp under it and slowly roll over it with your vehicle, back and forth, until it's powdery...small effort, big rewards!
So cool!! Thank you! I was sweating bullets cuz I can't afford a Berkey. I'm homeschooling my kids this year and this will be one of our science projects! I'm collecting rain water so this is the final piece I've been needing. So grateful 🙏
make your own berkey. filter! buy the filters during big sale. then look through several videos how to make using stock pots or even food grade buckets.
Yahuah has blessed you brother, my wife and I were lead to your video. We're in the process of our build today. Its easiest to just put the lump coal in a cotton laundry bag and driver over it. My shoulder isn't the best, but Yah bless you!
Are you tired of hearing all the compliments and adoration? Well that’s just too bad my friend. Here’s some more. You rock. Keep on doing what you’re doing. We need you. From another, a new admirer and subscriber. Bravo!
Thank you brother Stephen Davis🤣🤣🤣 wow ! This is the comment of the year! This is one of the most thoughtful and creative comments I’ve seen all year🤣 at first I thought someone was trolling me but then as I was about to hit the delete button, I told myself “Self, at least finish reading the whole thing first” and I’m glad I did. Thank you 🙏🏽 thank you 🙏🏽 thank you 🙏🏽 GUAVA!!!
Glad you mentioned dust protection.😉 I used to be a safety manager in construction industry and you just cannot shut that off even off the job.🤣😆. Love this
You've helped me save my bees...grow my fruits...filled my life with hope in these uncertain times and I so thank you! Bless your true and extended family...I like considering you part of mine.
This is the best instructional video I’ve seen in a long time! Thank you so much for putting this up. I am new to prepping, currently unemployed, senior with no particular crafting skills and I can totally do this. I cannot afford the other expensive water filters, but this one is so doable. I also appreciate the way you described every step and showed every detail. You answered all my questions. Thank you!
Uncle Lead, I just jotted down the materials for those of us who plan on making YOUR system. 🙌🏿🙏🏿 Material List for LF73 murky water filtration system: 1) two 5 gallon food grade buckets with lids 2) one bag of Royal Oak hardwood 100% natural lump charcoal 3) one bag of Vigoro small, round pea gravel 4) one bag of Pavestone natural play sand 5) one plastic spigot set 6) one barrel or bucket to grind and clean materials 7) a drill to make a hole for the spigot and holes in the lids and bottom of the buckets 8) old cotton tshirts or cotton pillowcases 9) dust protection (goggles, mask, gloves, etc.)
@@leadfarmer73 I was thinking along that line as well. One extra step that I would add is to boil the water afterwards to help further improve the water purity. Great job and instructions. Semper Fi
And or grab a free test kit from that big box store and send it in. Double checking and testing the testers a bit as well. Your going to drink this, it's free...win win! Thank you Lead so much! I'm building one now! Also learning how to "make" that hard wood charcoal....what a great rabbit hole to have fallen into. Bless ya Brother and ty sooooo much!
So, I saw that you can also use a clay pot with the charcoal, sand, and gravel which would be a much slower process but could be used to maybe filter water for future use? Also besides drops of chlorine what else can we use to kill any bacteria, parasites, viruses that might be lurking in the water. I know that Amazon has a filter straw.
Just some ideas, if you separate each material in the bucket it will be easier to clean and maintain and reuse for additional uses. Like cloth or pillow cases for each layer. This is very similar to an aquarium filter with mechanical, biological, and chemical filtration. Great idea and practical application!
Awesome job Lead!!!! Very well explained. I like the fact you showed each step. No BS. Love the last test test with the driveway mud! Real chance circumstance. Again well done!
Thank you for all your effort. i hand drilled a pump off my natural spring. I've got about 20 years worth of test strips and equipment for testing the water. I found an old pump in my grandpa's Barn years ago and saved it. I replaced the leathers in the hand pump.. Not myself I took it to a professional he actually looked up the instructions and did it with me. It works great. Test came back with the highest mineral content. Pure water with high pH. There is so much info for all of us to survive you just have to find it because they tried really hard to make us forget all of it. Best wishes 🙏
Thanks a bunch for sharing!! This is the first time I've seen anything like this. Great video And I luv that you address us as "family"!! God bless you and your family!
Ive spent a long time researching water purification. Filtration and purification are not the same thing and should never be confused as being the same. My goal has always been to remove fluoride because fluoride molecules are smaller than water molecules. So for me it's like, what the heck, how do you filter something smaller than water molecules? There are a few ways to do so, but this put me on point of trying to understand how to remove viruses and other impurities which are smaller than water. It's an interesting concept to ponder for sure and very challenging to say the least. I just stumbled onto your channel and you had me at hello. Thank you
I love it and your enthusiasm is so catchy. Here's a thought..since you saw it needs 5 runs to be super clear, then why not have 5 of those systems set up by hoses to feed one into the other in a step shelf system. Another thing, I believe it would be best if you poured into the mixture rather than above the closed pillowslip. And we forgot to boil it to get rid of the germs.
👏🏿🙌🏿😍🤗 Uncle Lead, Uncle Lead, Uncle Lead!!! You've outdone yourself with this one. Thank you SO much for the time and energy you put into research, building, testing, recording, and editing to improve the lives of total strangers! This is a gift to humanity and I hope Lowes and Home Depot cut you a commission check! I don't know if I can wait until the live event...I'm motivated to get it done while we still have daylight today! I truly thank God for you and Lady Lead and the rest of our gardening community. My heart is overwhelmed with gratitude right now. Thank you, Lord! Thank you!🙌🏿🙏🏿
Thank you so much thank you 🙏🏽 don’t wait for me! Do it! Make it! This is not a class. You got this! Do it for you and your family. We all need this. Just try it. It’s only $20 bucks to make. You can’t mess this up. And if you do, you only have to start over. Big deal. You got this.🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️
That works! I have been watching videos on making a homemade system. I had only see large scale systems. This lets me know it can be smaller. Thank you.
Lead, there are no words. Washing the pebbles and sand is like washing the starch off of rice prior to cooking. I am blessed to have a Berkey, but I see the importance of having a backup to the backup. SHTF happens and you do not have access to or cannot find filters, this would definitely be a plan! Now, will you have a live about this? Have questions. Beautiful demo, sir!
Everytime you say family...it makes me teary eyed. Thank you. Thank you for showing me how to do this, and for including me as family. You are precious. As much as we need clean water. We need family. God is so Good. All of the time He is so Good. May He bless you and keep you and yours all of the days of your life, and throughout eternity❤️
Thank you Lead for sharing your knowledge and skills. I’m not suggesting you do this with your Berkey, but I’d be curious what the “mudslide” water would like like after going through the Berkey. Maybe Berkey will donate one to you to experiment with. I’ve also heard of using food grade diatomaceous earth (to kill viruses) and bentonite clay (similar to the charcoal, but also ads essential minerals back into the water). Both the charcoal and the clay absorb chemicals, toxins...and can also make pond/stagnant water taste more palatable. I learn something new each video I watch. Keep ‘em coming. Thanks again!!!
I learned this method a few years ago & it does work y'all. It's good to have these types of survival skills on hand cause u never know what may happen.
Great video. I just discovered your channel and I've already binged watched a few videos. Have you done any videos on disinfecting water after filtering? What I've learned in my few decades of living, also 😁, is to have a good supply of iodine handy. Place 5 drops of 2% iodine per litre of water and let sit 30 minutes after filtering if there is a possibility of pathogens that cause disease. Do not add any disinfecting agent before filtering because the pathogens can hide in the solids of the pre-filtered water and not be touched by the disinfectant. Iodine should only be for short term use then switch to another method for awhile then back to iodine if needed. Children and pregnant women may be affected by it. The other method is using Aquatabs which can be used continuously but have a much shorter shelf life of about 5 years. Some people can't ingest iodine. Bleach has an effective shelf life of less than one year. Elemental iodine can last indefinitely. None of these are ffective against Cryptosporidium. A rolling boil of the water for a few minutes is the most effective method.
Hey fren, you can purchase chlorine pellets used for disinfecting wells. They have a shelf life of about 10 yrs if you put the bag in mylar and vacuum seal. We keep one in the old freezer I use for dry storage.
Led this is Sooooo Awesome 🙌 I have a Berkey for about 5 years now and Love it. I clean the filters every six months and they're still like new and passing the dye test and everything 🙏🏼 We all know how expensive the filters are to replace so in a SHTF situation finding and using water from a ditch, pond ect and then pouring that murky water into the Berkey to filter would really tax the system and significantly shorten the life of the filters..... so building your system is still necessary when you own a Berkey system or any other system for that matter. Your system could clean out all the garbage and then the Berkey, Brita, etc can handle it from there! God Bless You and the Family for helping the Masses 🙏🏼❤
Thank you so much. I tried to explain this to my neighbor, because we are prepping for what looks like is about to happen. We have old time water wells and stock tanks. I wouldn't feel safe drinking either one without filtering the water. When I was little we drank well water that wasn't filtered. But for years we have heard that isn't safe anymore because of ground water contamination.
My grandparents had a well that we drank out of too! We would drink it without a second thought. It tasted funny because we had city water where I lived. But, as kids running and playing in that hot sun, water was water, so cool and refreshing!
You can get your water tested to see if you need to filter it. During an emergency though it’s always a good idea to filter because an earthquake or something else could have opened up and changed how clean the water is. So personally I would filter in an emergency until I could get it tested again when things settled down.
"Theres a hole in the bucket, dear liza, dear Liza, theres a hole in the bucket, a hole! Lol Thanks for the video. I think I could rig this into a water catchment system Thanks again!
Awesome! Made these when I was a kid and the only thing you'd need different is adding more carbon. Remember you want two inches of carbon AFTER its cleaned. If there isn't then the end result is what happens. We used creek water for tests. Love it! Showing how easy it can be for those who don't know. Love your videos and personality. Love it fam!
@@sharekkamoore the sand weighs down the carbon, and makes it smooth going through rather than hitting carbon first and moving it. Remember it's a powder and you want water hitting the big parts(stones) first so it doesn't get moved around and not work properly. If your sand and powder were all moved and uneven your filter won't filter it all out, and you'll get sand in your spigot.
Thank you for sharing! I've done a lot of new things, gained new knowledge and acquired new skills thanks to you. Peace and blessings from my family to yours, Lead.
Lead, I love your channel, your common sense knowledge, and your FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC delivery!!! (Oh, and we definitely can’t forget your precious wife❤️) Mostly I appreciate that you bring your skills to EVERYONE. Newbie or old school prepper can come to your channel and learn something… and smile. Thank you.
This is amazing! Thank you Brother for everything that you’re doing on your channel. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Peace and blessings from Mississippi!
In my humble opinion, I have watched a lot of videos on how to filter your water. This here, is the best example of how to do filter your water! This was very exciting to watch!
I'm thinking that since the gravel and sand could be reused, maybe adding a cloth or cheesecloth in between those two to clean later might be easier than having them all together since the carbon should be replaced. Other than that, dynamic, good brotha!
Tim here, awesome video, thank you for taking the time to teach useful skills. People will need to know this when we face the grid down that's coming. God Bless you and yours.
Thank you so much sis! You won’t even because how it works today. The water is so clear that it’s scary. It almond makes you think that you don’t have to boil it!
Thank you so much. I really try to be as real and upfront as I can be without sitting accross the dinner table from y’all😂🤣 I just want Everybody to be safe. No gimmicks, no tricks, just straight up skills to learn in a pinch.
So happy you did this video . Living on cape cod we are always loosing power. I have a barrel gravity filter required no power ,I use what you used in video but I also have a layer of aquarium lava rock. I RUN THIS IN THE RAIN BARRELS IT CLEANS AS YOU STATED BUT the use of a cheap 15 dollar gravity filter barrel allows for aeration. When the well goes down this is amazingy tasty
Good morning! I just found your channel yesterday! I watched your video on container gardening. I was going to try a raised garden, but now I’m going to do my tomatoes and peppers in containers thanks to you. I subscribed right away. I love this filtration set up. I’m going to keep the ingredients for an emergency and have them cleaned and ready like a viewer suggested. I can’t wait to go through all of your videos. Thank you and God bless you!
Omg thank you so much for this video. I have been wondering how to filter my pond water in an emergency. We live off a well and when the electric goes off pump doesn't work. You are so knowledgeable. Thank you
I remember doing this, or watching this be done as a kid with the aquarium, before they started making filters. The charcoal, and cotton. Good stuff Leadfarmer73. Love this channel. Did you say Dagwood sandwich, I remember watching that show. Thank you for sharing this, get materials to get this done. Be Blessed!!
Thought about finally making this bc of Ohio/PA derailment. We are in PA and better to be safe. Do this y’all!! Save lives!! Thank you, Uncle Lead ❤ you’re amazing 🤩
I just found this channel , well the one he made charcoal & now here to learn how to use it. This guy Rocks , I wish I was living in his neighborhood. He’s the guy to know in these times with all the crazy we dealing with. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Great info Uncle Lead! Is there away to stop microbial built up in your filtration substrates (particularly the sand)? I have found that when sand is left wet it tends to go anaerobic.
I did the same with some cotton balls, fish tank carbon and sand for the kids science project. Great job brother. You sound like me everyone I do something and it comes as planned..lol!!
I change mine every 9-12 mths. Depends on what you filtering. If dirty settling and prefilter like tshirt/towel/lrg. coffee filters. Ceramic filters last forever clean with scotch pads. Love ceramic n charcoal filters, the best.
Thank you so much sir!!! I have one filter system, but yours seems more realistic long term! Following now! Plus sound like a southern man, gotta respect that! Also, when you go hiking, the water from clear streams you can drink next it’s naturally gone through this and is sooo refreshing!
Great video! I’m curious what the water tested at. Did you happen to do a water strip test between them vs the berkey? I genuinely enjoyed watching! Thanks again!
i think its worth pointing out that this only _filters_ water, it doesnt _sterilize_ it. if youre pulling water from a puddle, stream, river, pond, or lake, you will still need to boil this or treat it to make it safe to drink. even with after passing through the filter. the filter wont catch things like giardia. also, the sand and pea gravel are good for filtering out larger particulates like leaves, twigs, etc. if you dont have to worry about big stuff floating in the water youre gonna filter, and since he has a fine mesh pillowcase around all of it, you dont need the peagravel and sand as the bag will catch that (like a coffee filter) youre better off having an entire 5 gallon bucket full of charcoal in the pillowcase. and even better so if its activated charcoal (more surface area in your carbon) but you cant make that at home unless youre familiar with a fair bit of chemistry or have a way to pump large amounts of super heated steam through the charcoal. (codyslab here on youtube just recently did a video on this. the lemon juice or vinegar videos dont work) so for prepping, make sure you have a way to sterilize or boil all the water you are filtering.
Question:What up Lead! Are you running the same water through to clean the system out or different batches of water until the system is clean and then it gives you the clear water?
leadfarmer73 1. Thanks for that! It makes so much more sense now. 2. Your vids could never be long enough. Imma nerd. I was wondering how to make my own Berkey like your vid. 3. Thanks for all you do. Been a student of yours since the lockdown. ✊🏾❤️
I love 💕 it @Leadfarmer73
Whoever disliked this knowledge, will be thirsty 💦
😂🤣😂🤣 This is the funniest thing that I have heard all day! It has been a long day at work and this is the first time that I have laughed in eight hours!😂🤣 Thank you for this comment🤣
@@leadfarmer73 🤣🤣🤣 your welcome my brother. Keep them videos coming 👍🏾
🤣lol... I know that's the truth! Its amazing information.
@@ChocolateMelanin Haters will need some hateration hydration. 🤣🤣. Lead this is great info.
It us because he is educating🖐🏿
What I do when I HAVE to buy hardwood charcoal...open the bag(s) a little bit, put a tarp under it and slowly roll over it with your vehicle, back and forth, until it's powdery...small effort, big rewards!
My great grandma told me she used to do this to crush her black walnuts.
Great suggestion.
Nice
@@ruthm4749 my mother in law does that. She's from South Carolina
I do this to smash the cans that I recycle. Helps save space as I store them between trips to recycle center.
You are the most genuine brother on the tube in my humble opinion! I Appreciate you and your family for spreading knowledge!!
Thank you so much my sister. I love your name btw 😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Agree
So cool!! Thank you! I was sweating bullets cuz I can't afford a Berkey. I'm homeschooling my kids this year and this will be one of our science projects! I'm collecting rain water so this is the final piece I've been needing. So grateful 🙏
You are so welcome 🙏🏽
I was thinking the same for my rain water set up. I knew the 3 main items but to see the full setup was truly educational!
I love your idea of making it a science project. As a parent, you ROCK!
make your own berkey. filter! buy the filters during big sale. then look through several videos how to make using stock pots or even food grade buckets.
@@e_thegod5303 u may have better options at a Lowes or home Depot they have it all
Yahuah has blessed you brother, my wife and I were lead to your video. We're in the process of our build today. Its easiest to just put the lump coal in a cotton laundry bag and driver over it. My shoulder isn't the best, but Yah bless you!
Are you tired of hearing all the compliments and adoration? Well that’s just too bad my friend. Here’s some more. You rock. Keep on doing what you’re doing. We need you. From another, a new admirer and subscriber. Bravo!
Thank you brother Stephen Davis🤣🤣🤣 wow ! This is the comment of the year! This is one of the most thoughtful and creative comments I’ve seen all year🤣 at first I thought someone was trolling me but then as I was about to hit the delete button, I told myself “Self, at least finish reading the whole thing first” and I’m glad I did. Thank you 🙏🏽 thank you 🙏🏽 thank you 🙏🏽 GUAVA!!!
Glad you mentioned dust protection.😉 I used to be a safety manager in construction industry and you just cannot shut that off even off the job.🤣😆. Love this
You've helped me save my bees...grow my fruits...filled my life with hope in these uncertain times and I so thank you! Bless your true and extended family...I like considering you part of mine.
Very informative ! Last step is boiling the water.
Thank you lead farmer 73 you just saved someone life praise and thank the Lord
You are so welcome
This is the best instructional video I’ve seen in a long time! Thank you so much for putting this up. I am new to prepping, currently unemployed, senior with no particular crafting skills and I can totally do this. I cannot afford the other expensive water filters, but this one is so doable. I also appreciate the way you described every step and showed every detail. You answered all my questions. Thank you!
Uncle Lead, I just jotted down the materials for those of us who plan on making YOUR system. 🙌🏿🙏🏿
Material List for LF73 murky water filtration system:
1) two 5 gallon food grade buckets with lids
2) one bag of Royal Oak hardwood 100% natural lump charcoal
3) one bag of Vigoro small, round pea gravel
4) one bag of Pavestone natural play sand
5) one plastic spigot set
6) one barrel or bucket to grind and clean materials
7) a drill to make a hole for the spigot and holes in the lids and bottom of the buckets
8) old cotton tshirts or cotton pillowcases
9) dust protection (goggles, mask, gloves, etc.)
@@lindaiannone2458 You are welcome!🤗
@@mariesmith504 , Thanks, from france.
Thank you!
@@makeitreal4848 je t'en prie 🤗
@@ForGoodnesSake you are very welcome!😁
You have to appreciate a man who films a complete video in his P.J.’s ❤️
Final test would be to take it to the extension service and have the final product tested for impurities. This is AWESOME!!
That’s an EXCELLENT idea! I will do just that and record it!
@@leadfarmer73 I was thinking along that line as well. One extra step that I would add is to boil the water afterwards to help further improve the water purity.
Great job and instructions.
Semper Fi
Great idea!
And or grab a free test kit from that big box store and send it in. Double checking and testing the testers a bit as well. Your going to drink this, it's free...win win! Thank you Lead so much! I'm building one now! Also learning how to "make" that hard wood charcoal....what a great rabbit hole to have fallen into. Bless ya Brother and ty sooooo much!
Perfectly done!
My husband bought a Army survival guide 40 years ago, this is exactly one of the filter systems covered in that book.
And that’s exactly where I got this from 😉✌🏽👊🏽
Can you please let us know the name of the book/guide? I am currently building a library of skills that I can pass down to other generations.
@@LaserCutProjects i have a copy of it. I can email it to you!
@@kattsplosion I would like to know the title as well. I live in a earthquake prone area.
@@kattsplosion can you email me one also? I have an ebook on how to get water from the air if you like.
I'm a Brit who worked with loads of US Army guys in Germany. I love the Southern accent! Very chilled! Thank you Sir!
Love you LF73 family, your son looks just like his mama. You guys are beautiful.
I said the same thing yesterday!
So, I saw that you can also use a clay pot with the charcoal, sand, and gravel which would be a much slower process but could be used to maybe filter water for future use? Also besides drops of chlorine what else can we use to kill any bacteria, parasites, viruses that might be lurking in the water. I know that Amazon has a filter straw.
I Love your survival videos. You are awesome and down to earth.
Just some ideas, if you separate each material in the bucket it will be easier to clean and maintain and reuse for additional uses. Like cloth or pillow cases for each layer. This is very similar to an aquarium filter with mechanical, biological, and chemical filtration. Great idea and practical application!
Some people even incorporate UV as a final part for sterilization.
Awesome job Lead!!!! Very well explained. I like the fact you showed each step. No BS. Love the last test test with the driveway mud! Real chance circumstance. Again well done!
Thx, LF73! Knowledge is power. You are probably saving someone's life! 💧
I truly hope so. That’s what this is all about.✌🏽
you'll still need to boil it, thats very important. great job man.
Thank you for all your effort. i hand drilled a pump off my natural spring. I've got about 20 years worth of test strips and equipment for testing the water.
I found an old pump in my grandpa's Barn years ago and saved it. I replaced the leathers in the hand pump.. Not myself I took it to a professional he actually looked up the instructions and did it with me. It works great. Test came back with the highest mineral content. Pure water with high pH.
There is so much info for all of us to survive you just have to find it because they tried really hard to make us forget all of it.
Best wishes 🙏
Thank you so much for spending your money and your time to show us this.
Very appreciated!!
I'm learning soooo much from you! Blessings to you!
Thank you so much ☺️
@@leadfarmer73 can you drop a link to the survival kit please 😁
Thanks a bunch for sharing!! This is the first time I've seen anything like this. Great video And I luv that you address us as "family"!! God bless you and your family!
Ive spent a long time researching water purification. Filtration and purification are not the same thing and should never be confused as being the same. My goal has always been to remove fluoride because fluoride molecules are smaller than water molecules. So for me it's like, what the heck, how do you filter something smaller than water molecules? There are a few ways to do so, but this put me on point of trying to understand how to remove viruses and other impurities which are smaller than water. It's an interesting concept to ponder for sure and very challenging to say the least. I just stumbled onto your channel and you had me at hello.
Thank you
I wish I'd had teachers like you in Highschool. I would have retained the knowledge much better. Thank you ❤️
I love it and your enthusiasm is so catchy. Here's a thought..since you saw it needs 5 runs to be super clear, then why not have 5 of those systems set up by hoses to feed one into the other in a step shelf system. Another thing, I believe it would be best if you poured into the mixture rather than above the closed pillowslip. And we forgot to boil it to get rid of the germs.
🤔🤯🙌🙌🙌🙌
Thank you big brother LEAD!!! Your wisdom is MUCH NEEDED, for times like these!!! I thank God For ya!!!🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💯
Thank you so much ☺️
👏🏿🙌🏿😍🤗 Uncle Lead, Uncle Lead, Uncle Lead!!! You've outdone yourself with this one. Thank you SO much for the time and energy you put into research, building, testing, recording, and editing to improve the lives of total strangers! This is a gift to humanity and I hope Lowes and Home Depot cut you a commission check! I don't know if I can wait until the live event...I'm motivated to get it done while we still have daylight today! I truly thank God for you and Lady Lead and the rest of our gardening community.
My heart is overwhelmed with gratitude right now. Thank you, Lord! Thank you!🙌🏿🙏🏿
Thank you so much thank you 🙏🏽 don’t wait for me! Do it! Make it! This is not a class. You got this! Do it for you and your family. We all need this. Just try it. It’s only $20 bucks to make. You can’t mess this up. And if you do, you only have to start over. Big deal. You got this.🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️
That works! I have been watching videos on making a homemade system. I had only see large scale systems. This lets me know it can be smaller. Thank you.
I am going to show my COFFEE CAN “MURKY WATER FILTER” NEXT 😉
Lead, there are no words. Washing the pebbles and sand is like washing the starch off of rice prior to cooking. I am blessed to have a Berkey, but I see the importance of having a backup to the backup. SHTF happens and you do not have access to or cannot find filters, this would definitely be a plan! Now, will you have a live about this? Have questions. Beautiful demo, sir!
Yes I’m going live tomorrow so we can all talk about this together
Leadfarmer73 I learn so much from you and your sweet wife! Where did you learn this filtration system?
Everytime you say family...it makes me teary eyed. Thank you. Thank you for showing me how to do this, and for including me as family. You are precious. As much as we need clean water. We need family. God is so Good. All of the time He is so Good. May He bless you and keep you and yours all of the days of your life, and throughout eternity❤️
Thank you Lead for sharing your knowledge and skills. I’m not suggesting you do this with your Berkey, but I’d be curious what the “mudslide” water would like like after going through the Berkey. Maybe Berkey will donate one to you to experiment with.
I’ve also heard of using food grade diatomaceous earth (to kill viruses) and bentonite clay (similar to the charcoal, but also ads essential minerals back into the water). Both the charcoal and the clay absorb chemicals, toxins...and can also make pond/stagnant water taste more palatable.
I learn something new each video I watch. Keep ‘em coming. Thanks again!!!
Uncle Lead you the man, thank you for your life saving strategies. Looking forward to more!
I learned this method a few years ago & it does work y'all. It's good to have these types of survival skills on hand cause u never know what may happen.
You are amazing brother. Blessed with survial knowledge and wisdom from Elohim and Yahshua ha'Mashiah
Great video. I just discovered your channel and I've already binged watched a few videos. Have you done any videos on disinfecting water after filtering?
What I've learned in my few decades of living, also 😁, is to have a good supply of iodine handy. Place 5 drops of 2% iodine per litre of water and let sit 30 minutes after filtering if there is a possibility of pathogens that cause disease. Do not add any disinfecting agent before filtering because the pathogens can hide in the solids of the pre-filtered water and not be touched by the disinfectant.
Iodine should only be for short term use then switch to another method for awhile then back to iodine if needed. Children and pregnant women may be affected by it.
The other method is using Aquatabs which can be used continuously but have a much shorter shelf life of about 5 years.
Some people can't ingest iodine.
Bleach has an effective shelf life of less than one year. Elemental iodine can last indefinitely.
None of these are ffective against Cryptosporidium.
A rolling boil of the water for a few minutes is the most effective method.
Hey fren, you can purchase chlorine pellets used for disinfecting wells. They have a shelf life of about 10 yrs if you put the bag in mylar and vacuum seal. We keep one in the old freezer I use for dry storage.
The charcoal is to me the most important part of the filter. It takes out the chemicals in the water. So I would use more when I make my filter.
Led this is Sooooo Awesome 🙌 I have a Berkey for about 5 years now and Love it. I clean the filters every six months and they're still like new and passing the dye test and everything 🙏🏼 We all know how expensive the filters are to replace so in a SHTF situation finding and using water from a ditch, pond ect and then pouring that murky water into the Berkey to filter would really tax the system and significantly shorten the life of the filters..... so building your system is still necessary when you own a Berkey system or any other system for that matter. Your system could clean out all the garbage and then the Berkey, Brita, etc can handle it from there! God Bless You and the Family for helping the Masses 🙏🏼❤
Excellent point!
Thank you so much! I couldn’t have said it better myself! That was my thoughts exactly! Thank you so much.✌🏽
Officially hooked on this channel. He really has the Best! Prepper Channel on TH-cam.
Thank you so much. I tried to explain this to my neighbor, because we are prepping for what looks like is about to happen. We have old time water wells and stock tanks. I wouldn't feel safe drinking either one without filtering the water.
When I was little we drank well water that wasn't filtered. But for years we have heard that isn't safe anymore because of ground water contamination.
My grandparents had a well that we drank out of too! We would drink it without a second thought. It tasted funny because we had city water where I lived. But, as kids running and playing in that hot sun, water was water, so cool and refreshing!
You can get your water tested to see if you need to filter it. During an emergency though it’s always a good idea to filter because an earthquake or something else could have opened up and changed how clean the water is. So personally I would filter in an emergency until I could get it tested again when things settled down.
This guy is amazing I don't even know how this got suggested to me but I've watched the whole video.
"Theres a hole in the bucket, dear liza, dear Liza, theres a hole in the bucket, a hole! Lol
Thanks for the video. I think I could rig this into a water catchment system
Thanks again!
Thank you for bringing this knowledge!
Awesome! Made these when I was a kid and the only thing you'd need different is adding more carbon. Remember you want two inches of carbon AFTER its cleaned. If there isn't then the end result is what happens. We used creek water for tests. Love it! Showing how easy it can be for those who don't know. Love your videos and personality. Love it fam!
I don't understand when do he need to add it before he put the sand
@@sharekkamoore the sand weighs down the carbon, and makes it smooth going through rather than hitting carbon first and moving it. Remember it's a powder and you want water hitting the big parts(stones) first so it doesn't get moved around and not work properly. If your sand and powder were all moved and uneven your filter won't filter it all out, and you'll get sand in your spigot.
@@jasmineG-c2f so you add more charcoal correct is what you are saying
Still confused to what you meant after it's cleaned so he just add more at the bottom before adding the sand
@@sharekkamoore yes. Just adding more carbon would help filter the small impurities out.
You are a great teacher! Ty for sharing your skills!!!!!💗
Thank you for sharing! I've done a lot of new things, gained new knowledge and acquired new skills thanks to you. Peace and blessings from my family to yours, Lead.
You are so very welcome 🙏🏽
Lead, I love your channel, your common sense knowledge, and your FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC delivery!!! (Oh, and we definitely can’t forget your precious wife❤️) Mostly I appreciate that you bring your skills to EVERYONE. Newbie or old school prepper can come to your channel and learn something… and smile. Thank you.
This is amazing! Thank you Brother for everything that you’re doing on your channel. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Peace and blessings from Mississippi!
Love your compassion to help... very detailed in your teaching.
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This is Awesome Lead! You are always thinking of others. Bless you for being a blessing to so many in the world.
Be Blessed 🙂
Thank you so much ☺️
In my humble opinion, I have watched a lot of videos on how to filter your water.
This here, is the best example of how to do filter your water!
This was very exciting to watch!
I'm thinking that since the gravel and sand could be reused, maybe adding a cloth or cheesecloth in between those two to clean later might be easier than having them all together since the carbon should be replaced.
Other than that, dynamic, good brotha!
I like your idea. I think I’ll add one more. Cut up window screen between layers to give rigidity with the cloth.
@@davesrvchannel4717 Even better!👍🏾
Good to know, thank you so much for the info, All the very best frm England
Tim here, awesome video, thank you for taking the time to teach useful skills. People will need to know this when we face the grid down that's coming. God Bless you and yours.
This is awesome! You can't even argue with this! 🙌🏾
Thank you so much sis! You won’t even because how it works today. The water is so clear that it’s scary. It almond makes you think that you don’t have to boil it!
Thanks Lead for sharing your knowledge for survival. You don't only share it but demonstrate it.
Thank you so much. I really try to be as real and upfront as I can be without sitting accross the dinner table from y’all😂🤣 I just want Everybody to be safe. No gimmicks, no tricks, just straight up skills to learn in a pinch.
Thank you Lead. Very simple yet lifesaving.
Amen 🙏🏽 thank you
Always great information. I came for urban gardening advice and stayed the rest. Thanks, Brother Lead.
Good stuff, appreciate it. You can also get activated charcoal for fish aquarium filters pretty cheap.
Finally, somebody that explains perfectly the whole process. I tried, but it came out "dirty" not knowing the whole process.
God bless you 😊
That's easy and I have most of those items in my house already. Thank you Lead Farmer!!
You can’t beat this easy system.
For added safety you can boil it afterwards.
So happy you did this video .
Living on cape cod we are always loosing power.
I have a barrel gravity filter required no power ,I use what you used in video but I also have a layer of aquarium lava rock. I RUN THIS IN THE RAIN BARRELS IT CLEANS AS YOU STATED BUT the use of a cheap 15 dollar gravity filter barrel allows for aeration. When the well goes down this is amazingy tasty
It’s incredible how well this works. It’s even working 10 times better the next day of use. It’s just gonna keep getting better and better with time.
Here's our Berky and here's our murky! Love the rhyme!😁😄🙂
A man with alot of knowledge
Solar and now clean water. thanks you are great 👍
THANKYOU LEAD!!! TEACHING MY SONS THIS RIGHT AWAY!!!
Thank you so much I will be going live tomorrow night so we can all talk about it together 🌹
Leadfarmer this is life saving. Thank you so much!!!
Absolutely incredible! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!
Thank you so much sis 🌹
@@leadfarmer73 youre welcome!!
Good morning! I just found your channel yesterday! I watched your video on container gardening. I was going to try a raised garden, but now I’m going to do my tomatoes and peppers in containers thanks to you. I subscribed right away. I love this filtration set up. I’m going to keep the ingredients for an emergency and have them cleaned and ready like a viewer suggested. I can’t wait to go through all of your videos. Thank you and God bless you!
New subscriber. All I can say is WOW and Thank you!!!
Thank you so much 🌹 welcome to THE GREENHOUSE LOUNGE family.❤️🌹
You are the man. THIS IS GREAT!
Yessssss Thank youuuu I'm getting everything today
You are so welcome 🙏🏽
Omg thank you so much for this video. I have been wondering how to filter my pond water in an emergency. We live off a well and when the electric goes off pump doesn't work. You are so knowledgeable. Thank you
I remember doing this, or watching this be done as a kid with the aquarium, before they started making filters.
The charcoal, and cotton. Good stuff Leadfarmer73.
Love this channel. Did you say Dagwood sandwich, I remember watching that show. Thank you for sharing this, get materials to get this done. Be Blessed!!
Yup that’s right! That’s the whole idea! JUST LIKE A FISH TANK! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 EXACTLY!
My children loved dagwood sandwiches!
You are HIGHLY AWESOME AND BLESSED! Sure SURVIVAL and KNOWLEDGE IS WONDERFUL!! That's what a I call a FAMILY BLESSED MAN! 💞🙏🙏🤲💥
Thank you so much sis 🌹❤️
Absolutely amazing!! Thank you Lead! like always giving the people the best advice 🙏🏽💜
Thought about finally making this bc of Ohio/PA derailment. We are in PA and better to be safe. Do this y’all!! Save lives!! Thank you, Uncle Lead ❤ you’re amazing 🤩
We are making one of these this week. Nice!
I’m going live tomorrow and I will be making it live with y’all.
@LEADFARMER73
I salute you Sir!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God bless you 🇺🇸💙
Thank you!!! This is priceless!!!
Thank you so much Lil sister 😉🌹
I just found this channel , well the one he made charcoal & now here to learn how to use it. This guy Rocks , I wish I was living in his neighborhood. He’s the guy to know in these times with all the crazy we dealing with. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Great info Uncle Lead! Is there away to stop microbial built up in your filtration substrates (particularly the sand)?
I have found that when sand is left wet it tends to go anaerobic.
If you stack two more filter buckets on top it would get clear three times faster.
Thanks Lead, great stuff as always.
I'm so impressed. Uncle, how did you come into this knowledge?
Taste test?
Thank you for sharing.
Good old fashioned reading 😉
Thank God for letting me find you. I'm so grateful for this information. I've already started collecting my things. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
I did the same with some cotton balls, fish tank carbon and sand for the kids science project. Great job brother. You sound like me everyone I do something and it comes as planned..lol!!
😂🤣😂🤣
You cover excellent topics that are helpful in so many situations. Thank you!
Great video. How often would you need to change the filter products out?
We may have to read up more on that.
I change mine every 9-12 mths. Depends on what you filtering. If dirty settling and prefilter like tshirt/towel/lrg. coffee filters. Ceramic filters last forever clean with scotch pads. Love ceramic n charcoal filters, the best.
Thank you so much sir!!! I have one filter system, but yours seems more realistic long term! Following now! Plus sound like a southern man, gotta respect that!
Also, when you go hiking, the water from clear streams you can drink next it’s naturally gone through this and is sooo refreshing!
Great video! I’m curious what the water tested at. Did you happen to do a water strip test between them vs the berkey? I genuinely enjoyed watching! Thanks again!
i think its worth pointing out that this only _filters_ water, it doesnt _sterilize_ it. if youre pulling water from a puddle, stream, river, pond, or lake, you will still need to boil this or treat it to make it safe to drink. even with after passing through the filter. the filter wont catch things like giardia. also, the sand and pea gravel are good for filtering out larger particulates like leaves, twigs, etc. if you dont have to worry about big stuff floating in the water youre gonna filter, and since he has a fine mesh pillowcase around all of it, you dont need the peagravel and sand as the bag will catch that (like a coffee filter) youre better off having an entire 5 gallon bucket full of charcoal in the pillowcase. and even better so if its activated charcoal (more surface area in your carbon) but you cant make that at home unless youre familiar with a fair bit of chemistry or have a way to pump large amounts of super heated steam through the charcoal. (codyslab here on youtube just recently did a video on this. the lemon juice or vinegar videos dont work) so for prepping, make sure you have a way to sterilize or boil all the water you are filtering.
Thank You Going To Get My Stuff Together Now Thank You King, It's Not Good Not Knowing Each One Teach One💪💪💪
You are so welcome 🙏🏽
Great video, love how ya share to do things instead of just going out and buying name brand items
Question:What up Lead! Are you running the same water through to clean the system out or different batches of water until the system is clean and then it gives you the clear water?
I had the same thought
There was a previous video where he ran mud through AFTER he ran the system clean.
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The same water. I had to edit that out because it was already long enough. But today it only needs 1 run through and the results are staggering!
leadfarmer73 1. Thanks for that! It makes so much more sense now. 2. Your vids could never be long enough. Imma nerd. I was wondering how to make my own Berkey like your vid. 3. Thanks for all you do. Been a student of yours since the lockdown. ✊🏾❤️
I love your knowledge and the way you share it!!!! Thank you so much for showing others how to be able to get drinking water.
When say run through, are you replacing materials each time or just running the water back through the same materials?
That is my question as well,,plus how often do you need to replace all of the materials,,tku
You have to run water tru it so running cleans particuls of charcoal and sand and gravel until it comes clear.
Taking notes for sure. What a Blessing